Revelation 11:8 Meaning and Explanation
“And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.”
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What Does Revelation 11:8 Mean?
The slain witnesses are dishonored further: their dead bodies lie exposed in the street of the great city, which is spiritually called Sodom and Egypt, the very place where the Lord Himself was crucified. To leave a body unburied was the deepest contempt the ancient world could show.
The names Sodom and Egypt mark the city as a place of corruption and bondage, set against God and His people. Yet the mention that this is where the Lord was crucified holds out hope. The world that rejects God's witnesses is the same world for which Christ gave His life. The street of shame is shadowed by the cross, and where the witnesses suffer, their Lord has gone before them.
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What does Revelation 11:8 mean?
Their bodies lie unburied in the street of the great city, called Sodom and Egypt, the place where the Lord was also crucified.